Tim Sherwood has been busy this week securing some key signings. It’s rumoured that Nantes midfielder Veretout will join the other two Jordan’s at Aston Villa this season with an alleged £10 million bid accepted for the midfielder set to replace Delph this season. Additionally it’s strongly believed that Adebayor will be arriving at Aston Villa this season for a full season loan deal with a view of a permanent transfer.
Let’s start with Jordan Veretout, at the age of 22 he is a very young, yet very highly rated central midfield. He topped the Ligue 1 charts for more chances created. It looks as though Veretout is set to be the replacement for Fabian Delph who has recently moved onto Manchester City.
This move has been confirmed by Nantes President Waldemar Kita who told L’Equipe:
‘We are basically agreed on everything,’
‘I am obliged to give in, he is 22, he has a big future and he will play for a great English club.’
Veretout has been linked with the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham but it looks as though Aston Villa have made the first move to bring in the young French midfielder.
Additionally, rumours are strongly linking Adebayor to Aston Villa. This rumours don’t stem from tabloids themselves, ITK rumours and people who know friends that work for Aston Villa have also confirmed that Adebayor is set to sign a 1 year loan deal with Aston Villa. It seems as though Adebayor will be Villa’s replacement for Benteke with Sherwood convinced that he can get the best out of Adeabyor again after he scored 14 goals during the 2013-14 season with Tottenham.
22k attendance. That’s not bad at all.
Baker, Baker, Baker… common man.
2 each. And it was too easy.
And who said we should keep Baker?
Positives in the middle and up front with Kozak, but the defense really needs some work.
Part of that could be down to missing Guzan.
Agree Marvin.
I liked the way we were more incisive going straight down the middle, with sharp passing.
And that’s the result.
We looked ok up front.
Amavi looks very decent and Kozak looks well up for it.
Amavi and Kozak will both be sold to sky 4 teams next summer after tonights performance. Clubs a joke ffs always selling our best players I’m sick of it! 🙂
Now, now B6 that script is copywrite to a certain OohAh – you’ll only get him worked up even more 🙂
Says it all really etc etc????
🙂
Looks like Vertout deal is done according to French news
Where did u pick that up from DS?
Twitter. report from Le Parisian. Also Berbatov!!!???
Just seen Berbatov link got to be a wind up surely. How many more shit striker do we need. About 10 years too late for this overpaid mercenary. Imagine him and Adebeyor up front will be like playing with 9 men!
I gotta wonder what your definition of a Mercenary is.
Berbatov’s played for 5 clubs, And 4 of them were some of the biggest in their respective Countries and 1 in Fulham.
Adebayor has also had 5 clubs he’s played for, 6 if you count Madrid on loan. Like what’s the definition of a Mercenary?
Basically a player well past his sell by date who only wants a last pay off without doing much. Even Wilkins said Adebeyor is a good player when he wants to be! That sums him up perfectly. If RW knows that then why buy him
Big plus from tonight was Kozak. Thought he had a cracking game.
We played some nice stuff but letting them get back into the game smacked a bit of the old Villa.
However it is just a friendly and I’m sure that Tim will have learnt something.
Might get more from the next game when you’d think that Tim will play his best eleven before the Bournemouth game.
Still optimistic, still looking forward to the new season.
UTV
According to some reports TS still interested in Gestede (Blackburn) who, in turn, have enquired about taking Robinson on loan (Blackburn are transfer embargoed under FFP – what a joke FFP is) – maybe a deal is being put together?
Guess what folks we are signing Berbatov I kid you not!! http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/784982542?-11177:843:0
In for Berbatov http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/784982542?-11177:843:0
I would be shocked if this was true. More media bull I hope.
Berbatov. What a player. Maybe not any more but imagine him at his peak in a Villa shirt!!
Could be useful as a cameo/last 20 mins game changer, and also in training for players to learn from. Could also be rubbish rumour!!
Berbatov???
Adebayor, I can put up with.
But Berbatov?
How much will they cost a week between them?
What a waste of money, whatever it is, imo.
A waste money Berbatov?
I don’t know what you like in your football players but this fella on his day is about as good at it gets.
Ok he’s 34 and aint going to run his bollox for 90 minutes (but he never did in his pomp) but it’s moments of magic that wins games and get people through the turnstiles and he certainly is more than capable of that.
After the last 5 seasons of total f**king dross down at VP Berbatov would be breath of fresh air imo.
BWS…fully agree mate. Love to watch this guy play. He has a great footballing brain! Get him in! Worth the admission fee alone! One of the finest players to ever grace the PL. He was never a guy who runs his bollox off. But he never needed to as he is pure class! Just worried that its a bit late in his career to get fully motivated
LV, thanks mate… We agree on something? You’re not abusing me?
No I’m not comfortable with this, stop it LV you’re scarring me.
Think you’re both right [for once!] – Berbatov is a class player, and if all Villa do is pay his wages for a season then there’ll be at least a few games where he can create goals out of nowhere.
You know me AND the wife think the world of you lol…. Did you mean scaring or scarring as I can do both? 🙂
Ok the Somerset Slasher – You’re ‘scaring’ me mate.
Simply a Genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzbmYagXsY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Ardent it’s scary but I’m actually getting excited about the new season for the first time in half a decade.
Mr Sherwood’s assembling quite a useful side, may take a little time to gel but we could be (fingers crossed) the surprise package this season up there challenging for honours.
By your reckoning we might as sign maradonna!
But players like that are a waste of money. So we pay him 80k or whatever a week just in case he scored one world class goal pathetic. We need to spend that money in a rht bk and ch it’s more of a priority. We are vying quantity not quality again.
That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it mine differs, not saying I’m right and your wrong but I would shell out the £35 for seat simply to see him grace VP. Now can you say that of any right back in football?
Lets not forget football is supposed to be ‘entertainment’, I don’t buy into happy to win every game 1-0 philosophy, as the late great Danny Blanchflower said
“The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It’s nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It is about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.”
And Amen to that.
Maradonna?
At 54 he could still probably do a better job than the shower of shite we’ve had down VP for the past 5 seasons.
I have no idea what wages he might accept to play another season in the EPL, and I suspect that unless you’re his agent, neither do you.
But like every other club in this division Villa have paid tens of £thousands a week to a variety of players who were simply useless for season after season, so since we’re talking ‘Monopoly money’ anyway, I’d be delighted if they threw some at one of the real class acts in modern football for a season – just to see what might happen.
Gosh can’t believe the wank fest going on for a 34yr old that is way past his best that will have one good game a season and will cost us a ridiculous amount of wages. Even at his peak he rarely had any consultancy
Apart from McGrath do rate any other player? I can’t recall you ever having a good word for one. Just what floats your boat other than a centre half from 20 years ago?
Yep I rated a lot of players. Not often I agree with Andy Gray but he’s spot on this time re Adebeyor http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/tottenham/i_wouldn_t_trust_him_aston_villa_urged_not_to_sign_tottenham_misfit_1_4173720
That right? I can’t remember hear you praise any player (with one glaring exception), in fact I reckon could list them on the back of a postage stamp and still have room to spare.
P McGrath…
P McGrath…
P McGrath…
I rate loads of our players from the past just don’t rate the shit we’ve had since mon went. Can you seriously say players in the past 3-4 years have been good.
Benteke and well, erm… Benteke.
Now NN are saying Spursxhave outbid Leicester fir Vertout – it’s all becoming a farce. I’m off to bed
So why we do Spurs a favour getting rid of Adebeyor they will now bid for Hernandez. Why don’t we bid for him instead
exactly why i think we have been linked to Berbatov . its sherwoods way of saying to spurs you fuck with our transfer for Vertout and we will pull out of loaning Adebeyor and that will cost spurs about £5m in wages .
Could we attract Chicharito though, not that he’s better than Adebayor is? And does he fit Sherwood? Not just about signing random players anymore. Adebayor’s far more technically gifted than Hernandez is, not as quick but I don’t think Chicharito would add as much as Adebayor can.
But at least chicharito tries every game. Adebeyor can’t be bothered most of the time
The Rudy Gestede link may have legs. Makes sense for Robinson to go out on loan the other way. Always looked a handful when I’ve seen Blackburn play (along with Rhodes).
As for the other French guy (veretout) well they say when the seagulls follow the trawler they come to Aston Villa 😉
Yes, it will really help if ‘he has legs’ , hopefully two! 🙂
The Customer’s Game. There are several conventions in pre-season friendlies and in the swordplay between managers and agents.
Higher division teams playing away in friendlies are supposed to let the home side equalise and settle for a draw. Sometimes the visitors sub their better players if they are leading with 15 minutes to go. There is another convention about letting the Beneficiary score the opening goal. There is a story of Villa playing for Joe Bloggs benefit game on the South coast, and Psycho Evans after 10 minutes could not see who the opponents were feeding their through balls to – so he asked an opponent which one was Joe Bloggs. He’s dead was the reply, this is a benefit for his widow!
Clubs get hustled by Agents, claiming their man is wanted by other clubs. But Managers play this game as well – enquiring for several players more than they need in certain positions to give the agent of their target the impression the club would happily buy someone else, if the target’s price is too dear. Villa wont take all the players on their shopping list today. Having said that: the old magicians Adebayor and Berbatov if we can sign them for nowt but wages would probably produce the odd cameos worth the entrance fee alone.
I can see it now A forward line of Gabriel Agnbonlahor, Dimitar Berbatov, and Emmanuel Adebayor. And MOTD give the commentary to John Motson – ooooh….priceless!
Are we becoming a hybrid of The Crazy Gang, Arse, Spuds and Bolton????? That would work for me!
http://www.butfootballclub.fr/1625098-fc-nantes-mercato-kita-met-la-pression-sur-aston-villa-pour-veretout/
looks good reading this on translate – saying even though Leicester offer more he wants Villa! Also like the 1 comment at the bottom roughly translated as ‘for 20 million it was normal to let him go but 10 , even during sales , it’s not a good financial and sporting operation’
Hope yr right! I think what Tim is doing is infectious.I do love the ppragmatism of the French clubs…you half imagine them shrugging their shoulders and saying “c’est la vie”!
Berbatov.. first thought is.. why!!?
But then i remember him tearing Arsenal apart in there 3-1 win and think maybe short might be ok esp of the bench..
Was this when he was playing for Manure or Fulham? Big difference.
No for Monaco.. when they beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates..
Anyone remember him buggering us up at Fulham…….only match he turned up in all season…lol
That’s the point we pay all that money to watch him play one good game. Ridiculous. Bad enough getting Adebeyor
We have signed JORDAN Amavi, JORDAN Ayew and now possibly JORDAN Veretout. Pity we sold JORDAN Bowery and that Joe JORDAN has retired If we were short of strikers we could have bid for JORDAN (aka Katy Price) as she would probably offer something up front.
yeah but she’s got her knockers though